Suzi

I've been reading so much dark, epic fantasy and horror recently that this was such a refreshing change.

Yes it's YA and it definitely read like YA at times, but I still really enjoyed it. The world and story were rich and immersive, although I do wish we'd had a bit more time in the competition at the start.

This was just so good. Absolutely impossible to stop once started and the twists were great.

This was a great novella, unrelated to but set in the same world as Elantris.

The magic system and the characters were really interesting and I do hope we see more of Shai and Ashravan in the Cosmere.

The issue I had with this was Shai's constant inner monologue, it just grated on me so much and was unnecessary to the story.

Unbearable people being unbearable to each other, then a twist at the end I saw coming a mile off.

Should have DNFd but wanted to see if I was right.

This was great! Amazing characters and brilliant horror scenes.

I did have some gripes in that there were some loose ends which weren't tied up so I still had some questions by the end, and I felt like the kids should have been aged up a bit. It felt a bit unbelievable that these kids doing all these things are only 11.

The writing was easy and comfortable, it was paced well so quite a quick read for a 600+ pages horror book.